I'm 21 today! Yay! I am very, very excited and I want to share my birthday joy with you guys as you are all part of my favorite sub here on Reddit. This is a truly wonderful community filled with the best people!

So here's all you have to do to win a prize!:

Tell me the name of your favorite drink, what's in it, and why you like it so much. After all, what would a 21st birthday contest be without asking you guys about your alcoholic beverage preferences? ;D

Tell me about your favorite birthday experience. Why was it so awesome?

Tell me a joke!

Winner will receive a prize off of their wishlist that is $10 or under. In case of a raffle, include the phrase "Shirley Temple, on the rocks!" in your response. Bonus points if you draw me a picture of a birthday cake, because why the heck not? =)

Contest will probably end sometime around tomorrow morning as I will most likely be out celebrating with some friends tonight!

Good luck and thanks for being awesome!

CONTEST CLOSED! I will choose a winner tomorrow morning. Thanks for entering, everyone! And thank you so, so much for all your kind birthday wishes! =D

My favorite drink is the Black Russian - Vodka and Kahlua! My favorite birthday was my 19th, when I went to a strip club for the first time with my best friend and saw my first naked ladies. Damn, that was awesome.

Why did the chicken cross the road? Because this is AMERICA. What, chickens can't cross roads now? Do you hate FREEDOM?!

Uv blue and sprite is my favorite drink because it is so yummy. My favorite birthday experience was three years ago when a bunch of my girlfriends went out to eat and then went bar hopping. We had such a blast! What did the bald man say when he got a comb for his birthday? I will never part with it. Shirley Temple, on the rocks!

I don't drink, so my go-to drinks are cranberry & sprite, and a Shirley Temple, on the rocks!

I don't have a favorite birthday memory, because my birthdays are always great! This past year I went to sushi with my family, had cheesecake with my best friend, and spent the night with my other best friend! It was so much fun to just spend time with the people who matter most to me :)

Sometimes I think about completely dropping off the grid and going to live in the woods, but then I think to myself "No, acciocorinne, you can't just Thoreau your life away like that."

I also love cranberry and sprite! My family and I call have a silly "bar" name for it, but I forgot what it is- as soon as I find out I'll tell you though! Also, have you tried cranberry and ginger ale? It's essentially the same thing, of course, but I do think it tastes slightly better. =)

That sounds like a wonderful birthday! I love sushi! =D I'm glad you had such a great time!

:D I'm so glad you like that joke!! Normally I just get a little chuckle for that one, but I think it's hilarious!

You have to tell me your silly bar name for it! And I loooooove cranberry and ginger ale! My best friend always gets cranberry and coke, which I don't like as much (but I'm not a huge Coke fan, so that's probably why).

Cuba Libre which is just white rum and cola. It's very sweet and it's just THE BEST on hot summer days.

I went paintballing with all my closest friends and we were told to go into these vans. We then went on a 45 minute drive all the way up into the mountains where there was an AMAZING paintball field. It was so fun. :)

Why did the semen cross the road? I put on the wrong sock this morning :(

1) I actually do love me a Shirley Temple, on the rocks! However, when I'm trying to get drunk, my favorite drink is a gin fizz! It's got Gin, lemon juice, powdered sugar, and club soda. I swear it's just like a naughty lemonade!

2) My favorite birthday was my 21st! I got to go out with my mommy, and while I remember that we started with double peppermint shnapps and coke, I have no idea what happened after the 3rd. I know that at some point we tried to drive home, but I couldn't get the keys out of my pocketbook and realized I probably should phone my dad and my husband. It's all a blur, really! Also, shout out to the old drunk guy that paid our whole tab and kept having them pour my mommy rocket fuel!

3) What's the difference between being hungry and horny? Where the cucumber goes! WHOO!

My favorite drink is made by a local themed bar here called Vampire's Kiss. It's Cherry Vodka with Cherry Cola. It's has a good kick, and tastes incredible.

This has to be my 22nd birthday. It was really lame, but me and my friend spent the entire day together watching bad movies and laughing at them. It was my first birthday I got to spend with her and we had a blast together. She even baked me a cake. It was awesome. The little things stand out more for me.

I actually really love hanging out in small groups like that and just spending an entire day doing fun things like that! It's fun to hang out with large groups too, but there's something nice about the smaller ones. You definitely couldn't do all those fun things with a big group because too many people would want to do something else and blah blah blah. I'm glad you had such a wonderful 22nd!

My favorite drink is Disaronno and ginger ale.. mmmmm. The Disaronno is an amaretto so it is super sweet and almondy, but the ginger ale balances it out. I can drink it straight it's not overly sweet, but it's great in mixed drinks because of the awesome flavor it has. If you haven't tried, I def recommend checking it out. Everyone I've introduced it to loves it.

My favorite birthday experience was when my parent surprised me with an NSYNC concert when I was like 11 years old or something. AWESOME.

Happy birthday! Be safe!
My faveorite drink when im out would have to be a white russian, at home beer lol.
My best birthday memory as waking up not hung over the next morning to breakfast being made by the friends that took me out the night before.
Joke; I told the bartender to make.me a zombie, he said god beat him to it.
Shirley temple on the rocks!

My absolute number one favorite drink is a Fuck Me Upside Down. So yummy! It has pineapple juice, sprite, grenadine, coconut rum, and southern comfort. Very strong and delicious.

Birthdays are always best spent in Vegas! That is all I can say!

This guy runs into the bar, goes up to the bartender, and asks for ten shots of tequila. The bartender reluctantly lines up 10 shot glasses and pours 10 shots. The guy takes them one after the other then runs and jumps out the second floor window. About 10 minutes later, same guy runs into the bar, goes up to the bartender, and asks for another 10 shots of tequila. The bartender pours them out and the guys drinks the shots. Then the guy runs and jumps out the window again. This whole time there is another pretty drunk guy at the bar watching. He tells the bartender he wants 10 shots of tequila. The bartender says that is not a good idea. The guy insists and he makes it through all ten shots. Then he stumbles to the window and throws himself out. Everybody in the bar runs over to the window and sees that he is mangled on the street below. The first guy runs into the bar again and goes up to the bar. The bartender says, "Superman now you've got to quit doing this shit."

I don't drink so my favorite fancy drink actually is a Shirley Temple...or a Roy Rogers...one of those haha

My favorite birthday experience was when my boyfriend took me to a trapeze school and we learned how to swing on the trapeze and do flips. It was a really neat and unique experience. I would love to do it again!

/u/sirynfollyfallen previously mentioned Fireball Whiskey. My favorite drink is Fireball + Rumchata, which is basically a shot that tastes just like the milk you drink after eating a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

My favorite birthday so far is probably my 16th because I didn't think I was going to have any sort of a birthday that year (lots of tough stuff going on in my home life at that time) but my friends got together and threw me a huge surprise party and we spent all night drinking energy drinks/soda/SUGAR and dancing to loud, obnoxious music, and laughing. It has been one of my only birthdays without any negative memories.

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Grraaaiiiinnnnnssssss.

Haha lol. Shirley Temple, on the rocks! Thanks for the contest! Hope that you have a wonderful birthday full of awesome memories that last a lifetime. c:

When not rockin' a Shirley Temple, on the rocks!, my favorite drink is an old fashioned, made as follows; muddle a couple maraschino cherries and orange slices in a glass, add a bit of sugar, fill glass with ice, and then bourbon to the rim. I like them because they balance sweet with manly.

Hmmm, I suppose it'd be this last one. /u/plentyofrabbits took me to a fancy BnB as a surprise. What made it awesome was the fact that, to preserve the surprise when I found her researching BnBs, she started a full on fight, telling me I wasn't getting anything and making me super pouty for a couple weeks. Talk about commitment. Then, the day of, I find her overnight bag in my trunk poorly hidden by a piece of cardboard, which made me all warm and glowy. To top it off, some good friends met us out there and we ate and drank a lot. Perfect!

Three men are sitting at a bar - a Texan, a Californian, and a Coloradoan. The Texan orders a bottle of tequila. When he gets it, he takes one sip, throws it up into the air and BAM he shoots it with his .22. Everyone drops to the floor. The bartender recovers first.
"What did you do that for?!" he shouts, "That was good tequila!"
The Texan replies, "Where I come from, we have plenty of tequila and we can throw it away like that."
The Californian, not to be out done, orders a bottle of fine wine. When he gets it, he takes one sip, throws it up into the air, and BAM he shoots it with his semiautomatic. Everyone drops to the floor. The bartender recovers first.
"What did you do that for?!? That was good wine!" he hollers.
The Californian replies, "Where I come from, we have plenty of wine, and we can throw it away like that."
The Coloradoan, who has watched all this with interest, orders a Coors. He opens the bottle and takes a sip. Then he takes another sip. And another. Soon he's finished the whole bottle. He's throws it up into the air and pulls out his handgun. Very carefully, he aims, fires, and BAMBAM he shoots the Texan and the Californian. Everyone drops to the floor. The bartender is now shaking with rage.
"What the fuck did you do that for!?!" he roars.
"Well," answers the Coloradoan, "where I come from, we have PLENTY of Texans and Californians."

I assume you mean mixed drinks, in which case I would say a tequila sunrise. It's tequila, orange juice, and grenadine. It is sweet and you drink it quick and get drunk quicker. After tonight I recommend beer and if you can, and really nice wheat beer.

My favorite birthday was my 23rd birthday. It was a very long night, with a lot of details that I can't share, but at one point everyone left and I decided to go to the bathroom before changing location and my friend had to come back for me :)

Here's a math joke: An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a pub. The first one orders a pint. The second orders half a pint, the third a quarter of a pint, the fourth an eighth of a pint. The bartender interrupts and says 'you're all ridiculous' and pours two beers. :) Oh it's a knee slapper.

My favorite drink is a fireball - it's a shot, not a mix, I hope that's OK? It's cinnamon whiskey. I'm not a HUGE cinnamon nut but it's very smooth and packs a solid punch without giving me room spin or aggravating my stomach. Bonus points because it smells like you've been chewing Big Red so you're not breathing alcohol in people's faces afterward.

My favorite birthday is probably my 5th. I got a princess party, and it was the last birthday my dad ever showed up for so I guess it sticks in my memory.

Here's a joke - A cowboy rides into town on Friday. Two days later, he rides out of town on Friday. How is this possible?

I don't really have a "favorite" drink, but I really like rum and coke. I don't like a lot of fruity drinks, and I'm not huge on beer. I just turned 22 the other day though, so I haven't had the opportunity to try too many.

My birthday is almost always complete shit. I guess my 22nd was the best. It was Thursday, and I spent six hours in the E.R with my concussed brother. We then went to a Japanese restaurant where the food was terrible and the service was worse, and because my brother was still hungry (he wouldn't eat the food there) we wound up going to a five diner just as they were closing, so we had to rush to finish our food as quickly as possible. We were going to go out on Friday to celebrate instead (just walk around a tourist town, maybe get lunch at one of the bistro-like places) but got into a minor accident and wound up brining my brother back to the E.R. for another three hours. At least I got a birthday cake this year! Woo-hoo!

Joke: A man was tired and didn't want to go to a funeral. His wife, seeing that he wasn't dressed, asked. "Aren't you going to Robert's funeral?" The man answered, "Why should I? He's not coming to mine."

Pumpkin Pie Liquor... I don't even add anything. Its a seasonal drink, but you can find it in places still. Its so freaking good. Kind of egg nog-y

This years birthday was pretty wonder. A mess of my friends came over. We played video games, watched movies, and then played some Munchkin. So much fun. I just love when groups of friends from completely different areas come together and all get along and junk.

Joke Time: (Dunno if your a fan, but....) What did Zelda tell Link when he couldn't open the door?

That sounds really, really weird, but I'll probably have to give that a try if I can find it! I do like egg nog, so maybe I'll like it.

MUNCHKIN. My friends play that too! I find the game really frustrating because I'm always in the lead, and then they use all their stuff on me, and whoever's behind me always ends up winning. -_- But that sounds like a wonderful birthday! I'm glad you had such a great time! =D

For my 25th(golden) birthday, my SO planned a surprise party at our friends house. I thought we were just going over to hang out and when I got there they had decorated the house and fixed yummy foods. Was a great night of just eating, laughing, and hanging out with friends, plus presents.

Okay, I thought your first drink sounded pretty good, but then I saw your second suggestion. I LOVE strawberry. All things strawberry- I just love it. I NEED to find this beer and drink it! =D

Aw, it's always nice when someone throws you a surprise party. =) My friends threw me a surprise party for my 17th birthday and it is still one of the best birthdays I've ever had. I'm glad you had an equally great experience!

Oh jeez, hahaha. I see what you did there. ;D

Thank you for entering, and thank you so much for the birthday wishes!

The Abita Strawberry is a seasonal beer which makes me very sad face. I think the new summer harvest brew they have out now is Satsuma. The strawberry beer usually goes on sale early May and is done by July. Here is a Link to Abita's website. They make a damn good beer.

Again, have a great day. I remember when I turned 21, I got black out drunk. Was not a great experience. Getting drunk is highly overrated. Now getting a good buzz is great. Be safe and have a fun!

Last birthday my husband and best friend and I went to this farm retreat for the weekend and it pretty much had the place to ourselves, they also had a "party barn" that we played board games and billiards and karaoke and an open bar and it was awesome.

When I was your age, I used to LOVE Amaretto and Cokes and Midori Sours because they didn't taste like alcohol, but were still potent. :) Now that I'm older, though, I tend towards vodka and diet soda because calories, heheh. :)

This year was actually one of my best birthday experiences. I threw a large group birthday party for myself and two friends who had birthdays the same weekend, and we had a ton of people taking over a karaoke bar. :)

Q: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a kangaroo?
A: Holes all over Australia.

I might try that! I feel like I've seen too many people gag after drinking tequila though, so I'm afraid of having an unpleasant experience with it, haha. I'd probably be more willing ot try a mojito though because it does have more ingredients. X)

That sounds like a wonderful birthday. I love camping and being outdoors!

Mojitos are delicious especially on a hot summer day. Tequila is strong and some people can't take it, I think it has to do that it comes from a plant as opposed to grain, like vodka. Plus cheap stiff like cuervo is made with corn sugar and not _____(whatever the name of the plant it's supposed to be made out of).

Not much of a drinker, but Bailey's over vanilla Ice Cream is delicious!. . . oh and "Shirley Temple, on the rocks!"

In late high school/early college, I was really into Jack Johnson as well as this local dvd/cd trade store. There was a much larger version of this store a couple of hours away. So, my parents woke me up with Jack Johnson's "Banana pancakes" blasting, they had made me banana pancakes, and drove me the couple of hours to the bigger store and we shopped for dvds and music!

What do you call a deer with no eyes? No eye deer (no idea :-))
What do you call a deer with no eyes or legs? Still no eye deer :-)

I would draw you a picture if a birthday cake, but I'm new to reddit and don't know how to add pictures yet :-)

I bet that is deliciBous! Bailey's is pretty much the only drink I've ever had, and hardly any at that. I went to Ireland in elementary school, and some of the B&B hosts suggested that I pour some in my oatmeal. I remember it being very delicious. Haagan Dazs makes a Bailey's ice cream that I've had before, and that too was super yummy! =)

That sounds like a really great birthday! You have some great parents there.

Happy birthday! First and foremost, please be sure you have a sober friend to drive you home after your requisite debauchery!

It's a boring drink, but lately I've just been enjoying straight Crown Royal Black. I splurged a few months ago on a bottle of Crown Royal Reserve, which was amaaaazing, but I felt pretty bad knowing that each glass I drank was like $5 - and wasn't even inflated bar pricing. I should probably try some other Whiskey's, now that I'm into it, but since it's not really a cheap drink, I've been hesitant to branch out.

My own 21st birthday a few years ago. Went bar hopping downtown, hit up almost every bar there getting my free birthday shot and sometimes another drink. Last stop that I can remember, the bartender offered me any drink I wanted, with top-shelf liquor for free, if I could take his "specialty shot". The specialty shot? Goldschalger and nacho cheese. In hindsight, he was just screwing with me, but whatever. I downed it, then to be a jerk myself, got a Long Island Iced Tea, made with all top-shelf stuff. He rang it up for fun, turned out to be a $40 drink.

Just going to link you to a joke instead; something I still laugh at every time I read it.

I started to draw you a terrible cake, and then realized I left my phone at home today. So while you may not get to see it, just know that everyone visiting my cubicle today will likely ask why there's a lopsided cake on my whiteboard.

Happy birthday first off and enjoy your first legal hangover! Shirley Temple, on the rocks!

Captain Morgan and coke orrr lemondrops (vodka and lemonade)

Mine was my 21st birthday. My roommates got me a pinata filled with my favorite alcoholic chocolates (Bailey's) and I got to smack it open with katanas. Then it was followed by smashing a defunct macbook harddive, wandering the apartment complex and winding up in the pool. Not too sure on the order seeing as it was a little fuzzy that night.

What did the father buffalo say to the baby buffalo his way to school? bison (i'm sorry haha)

Also, here is a derpy birthday cat
with a cake! Pardon the wonkiness of it, trying to hide it from the boss since I'm supposed to be working. (editting for link)

My favorite mixed drink is pretty simple, Grey Goose and cranberry. It goes down smooth and after a bit you think you are drinking cranberry juice.

I had a huge party for my 10th birthday that was insane. Sleepover with a bunch of prepubescent bitchy girls. My dad made nachos. Everyone fought. Some of my (also ten year old) friends told my mom dirty jokes. IT was such a cluster that it is an amzing memory in hindsight. I am still friends with a lot of these girls, to varying degrees, but that was a freaking unforgettable night. All my grown up birthdays have been pretty lame and all my good crazy nights were on like a random Thursday.

What did the inventor of Knock Knock jokes win?
The No-Bell prize.

Shirley Temple, on the Rocks was my fave when my parents used to take me to bars as a little kid, which was probably too often.

I am simple and enjoy a bourbon and coke or rum and coke. The ingredients are pretty self-explanatory. I think I like it because I really enjoy the flavours of rum and whiskey, however, I'm too much of a pansy to drink them straight a lot of the time. Bonus- favourite brands of bourbon (Bulleit, Maker's Mark, woodford reserve) and rum (kraken, sailor jerry's, bacardi silver).

I've not had very good personal birthday experiences, so I hope it's okay I tell the story of a friend's 21st birthday. It actually wasn't my friend, it was my friend's little brother. We got a phone call from him, asking us to come hang out with him outside of some bars. He was hammered and we though it would be funny to go hang out with him, as it was around 7pm and he was slurring very badly. When we got there, we found him staggering around in a circle, ranting about religion and politics. He was excited to see us, but we were quickly forgotten when he wanted to anounce to everyone that he "LOVES PUSSY" and is "not a faggot". This cycled for a while, until a security guard approached us. My friend's brother immediately pulled out his wallet to show the guard that it's his birthday and he's allowed to be drunk in public. The security guard just ignored him, and looked around, asked if there were sober people to drive him home. All of us put our hands up, as we were all sober, and the guard just laughed and told us to have a good night. Birthday boy was still trying to show his ID to the guard as he was walking away. After unintentionally harassing a group of gay people, with whom we ended up conversing for a while, we decided to try to go to a bar. Upon walking to the bar, we found out that the birthday boy had been kicked out of the bars nearby for being too drunk and swinging on the bar lights. The group of us decided to take turns going inside to have a couple of shots before coming back out to take our turn to watch him. This didn't work out very well for more than 10 minutes, so we decided to take him home. On the walk to the car, I was pretty much carrying him and he was "whispering" in my ear, "you have a vagina. and i have a penis. i could put my penis into your vagina" over and over. Needless to say, this was one of my favorite experiences of someone else's birthday.

And I also like Cherry Lime Rickey soda - Cherry Soda mixed with Lime soda or lime juice.

2) Favorite birthday experience - For my 16th, I'd won a contest to have my birthday at a local arcade, and also they threw in a Rick Springfield CD and poster, and I invited the boy I had a crush on, and he came!!! and we played some video games together before he had to go home.

3) Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal and a bottle of wine, they were exhausted and went to sleep. Some hours later, Holmes awoke and nudged his faithful friend.

"Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see."

Watson replied, "I see millions and millions of stars."

"What does that tell you?" Holmes asked. Watson pondered for a minute.

"Astronomically, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, I deduce that the time is approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, I can see that the Lord is all powerful and that we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, I suspect that we will have a beautiful day tomorrow. What does it tell you?"

Holmes was silent for a minute, then spoke. "Watson, you idiot, someone has stolen our tent!"

Well, I like peaches, and since you don't know what's in it, you've sort of peaked my curiosity, so I'll probably have to try it soon, haha. And YES! I love it when you can manage to get all your friends together at once and just have a good time. =)

Oh god I have way too many drinks I love to have a favourite... Buuut I'll go with apple Sourz and lemonade :) It tastes nice with any apple flavour liquor but Sourz is the best!

My best birthday was my 19th. Me and a load of mates got a minibus down to my homecity and went to one of my old favourite clubs, got smashed, had a good night and went home! It was so good because it was the first BIG birthday with lots of friends I'd had since I was a kid :)

Why are pirates called pirates? Because they ARRRRRRRRRR! I'm sorry I suck at jokes :(

Happy 21st! Have an awesome day and night and all that jazz! Thanks for the contest :)

I love lemonade kind of a lot, and I like apple flavored things, too, so perhaps I'll try that sometime! It really is awesome when you can get all of your friends together and hang out as a big group. =) As for your joke...I forgive you! Hahaha, just kidding, the joke was fine ;)

I feel like I shouldn't respond to this one as I'm 20 :/ Lol. So I'll stick with a Shirley Temple, on the rocks! ;)

My most memorable birthday experience was my 18th birthday! I actually just wrote this out in a different contest so I'll copy paste - "Well I haven't had too many huge bashes since I'm still pretty young and my mom wasnt big on parties growing up, but I took a gap year between high school and college and got to live in Spain and travel around. So I was able to spend my 18th birthday in style... In morocco!
Okay well let me start from the beginning. i left for the weekend on a Friday morning, which was my actual birth date, and i had gone out for night beforehand with my friends and got absolutely plastered (fuck yeah European drinking ages + 1 euro shot bars... woot absinthe!) that was probably the craziest night with all my friends, guys fiiinally coming out to each other, puking, dancing, puking, licking, climbing atop a huge randomass rock in the middle of the beach, puking, streaking, puking, glitter, and just general Americans fucking shit up. I got totally white girl wasted, it was sad... but so so fun. I dont know how i made the bus at 9am that morning, but i woke up with huge tears up my tights, and just general disarray. great night. So then the weekend of Morocco begin. i was living in spain so it was a short bus ride followed by a short ferry ride over. o the way we stopped in Gibraltar which is this awesome, kitchy little British colony on the coast of spain. it was weird to have to show my passport haha. bit there we got to explore all these underground caves and grottos and we got to play we monkeys!! - oh god, i still have flashbacks of their hairless asses all up in my face. - Then we took the ferry over to morocco, and holy shit damn, what a FANTASTIC VIEW. the Mediterranean is out of this WORLD. So beautiful! We got there and it was a weekend filled with camel riding, crazy awesome tour guides, Arabic, rasta hats, dirty coke bottles, sandy beaches, fat belly dancers, old men slithering around o the floor with hats filled with fore, apothecaries, crazy drunk American chicks almost getting arrested for being loud (not me), and flan. Oh my god the flan. Unfortunately it was not butter pumpkin flavored but it was still the bomb.com. As we were leaving we got all caught up in customs before the sketchy bus driver drove like a bat out of hell... There was a rumor he was a child soldier stowaway. What. I have no clue either. When I got home to Spain, my host family had this cute little celebration and it was joyous. I haven't experienced anything like it in America. - It was also the weekend I found out I got into my school. - It was a pretty good weekend'.

"There were three guys on a plane. One bit into an apple, thought it was too sweet. He threw it out the window. The second guy bit into a lemon, thought it was too sour, threw it out the window. The third guy bit into a grenade, thought it was too crunchy and threw it out the window.
When the plane landed, they got off and saw a lil girl crying. they ask, "lil girl, why are u crying?" She says, " An apple fell out of the sky and hit my cow on the head and now he's dead." Then the men see a lil boy crying. The men ask, "lil boy, why are u crying?" The lil boy says," A lemon fell out of the sky and hit my dog on the head and now she's dead" The men keep walking until they find a blond woman laughing hysterically. They ask," woman, why are u laughing so hysterically?" She says,"I just farted and that building blew up"

Happy birthday! Have a great time, and enjoy a drink for all of us. ;]

It's tough to choose just one favorite drink, but I'll go with White Russians. The cocktail is made with vodka, Kahlua (or some other coffee liqueur) and cream. I'm a huge coffee fan, and the drink is really nice and smooth -- almost like a dessert. If that's not your thing, though, I'd also suggest an Amaretto Sour. It's got a nice kick to it.

My favorite birthday experience was actually this last one. My twenty-seventh, back at the end of May. What made it so awesome? Well, I was in the middle of doing an internship in Cape Town, South Africa. What could be cooler than being in South Africa for your birthday? (Especially because alcohol there was so damn cheap, even if they did stop selling in stores at 6:00 PM.)

A Buddhist monk approaches a hot dog stand and tells the vendor, "Make me one with everything." As the vendor sets about making the hot dog, he tells the monk that the charge is $2. The monk pays with a $5 bill. After waiting for a few moments, he asks the vendor for his change, to which the man replies, "Ah, but change comes from within."

Oh man, I am so jealous! I really want to visit South Africa. My grandmother was born and raised there, so I think it would just be a really cool experience for me to go and travel there. I am so happy you had such a great 27th!

My favorite birthday experience was when my boyfriend came to visit for the whole week of my birthday! We stayed in a hotel so we could have privacy and we were able to have our first little date at Denny's at like 4 AM in the morning. Maybe it was 5.. I turned 26 then.

Happy birthday!!!! 21st is very exciting. I'm guessing by the drinks theme you're somewhere where 21 is the legal drinking age?

My favourite tipple has to be a simple gin and tonic. It's delicious, refreshing, not too many calories and the slice of lime counts as one of your five a day (medical fact). Much simpler than a Shirley temple, on the rocks! Though I do like a nice cocktail too.

My best birthday was my 21st actually. I was travelling and we ended up in a little town in the Czech Republic where we rafted 15km and stopped at riverside bars, then got back to our hostel and a bunch of Irish guys bought me birthday cocktails all night! I was not expecting any of it and it was AWESOME.

Edit: forgot the joke! Why did the condom fly across the room? It got pissed off! Ok I know that is lame but hey ho :)

Yep! I'm from the States, and you have to be 21 before you can legally drink. I don't really plan on getting crazy with alcohol every time I go out now, but I can't help but be a little excited since it's my birthday and all. =D

I definitely have to try that! I know a lot of people who hate it, but I'm going to try it anyway, because who knows? I may actually like it. =)

That certainly sounds awesome! I really want to go traveling someday in Europe. I've traveled a lot, but I've only been out of the country to Canada and Ireland. I take it you're in Europe somewhere, so it's somewhat easy to travel to a different country? If so you're really lucky, and I'm crazy jealous of you. =P

You're welcome! And yes, I'm from the UK so travelling to mainland Europe is sort of easy. My 21st was pre recession so it was a lot cheaper back then!

If you're going to try G&T, promise me you'll do it right! A bad one can put you right off! It should be a decent quality gin (tanqueray is a good choice that most bars will have), over ice and with a good lime wedge slightly squeezed into the drink. The tonic should be cold and nice and fizzy! Then you have yourself an excellent G&T :D

Gin N Tonic, it has an interesting history with tonic water, given in the past it had enough quinine in it to be able to fight malaria, but has since been removed/malaria has grown resistant towards it.

Hiked and bungee jumped for my birthday this year, it was awesome because I got to catch up with some old friends.

Man: "Darling, your teeth remind me of the stars"
Woman: "Because they gleam and sparkle"
Man: "No, because they come out at night!"